Tours

Tours

Touring MIT's Nuclear Reactor Lab is a unique experience that allows participants to learn more about nuclear science and engineering, radiation facts and safety, the types of research conducted at the lab, how the facility is operated, and more, all while viewing the facility from the inside (including the control room)! Available free to the MIT community, school groups, non-profit educational organizations, nuclear industry professionals, and collaborators, we tailor our tours based on your interests.

Tours are conducted on weekdays for groups of up to 30 participants and last 60 to 90 minutes in duration. We also offer an optional hour-long classroom presentation for groups of 10 or more prior to the start of the tour.

Interested in touring our facility? Fill out our Tour Request Form and send it to our outreach coordinator, Taylor Tracy, at ttracy@mit.edu to get started. All tours must be scheduled in advance and are not available on a drop-in basis. We are currently scheduling tours for March 2019 and after.

Have more than 30 participants or aren't able to visit the facility in person? Check out a guided video tour of the reactor below, plus a video explaining five unique ways the MIT Reactor is utilized:

Reactor Tour

Take a virtual tour of MIT's Nuclear Reactor Lab by watching the video below!

5 Things You Wouldn't Expect a Nuclear Reactor To Do

Check out the video below for some surprising facts about ways you can utilize a nuclear reactor, all of which is done at MIT's Nuclear Reactor Lab!